Where Does This Piece Go?
We are all trying to “puzzle” our way through life. As you piece together your identity, consider the people, communities, and values that impact …
Tag: 16 Elements of Engagement
Have you Discovered the Swan Within?
You’ve likely heard the children’s story about the ugly duckling. What difference does a change in perspective make? Read on to find out how you c…
The key is to just start
The night I quit my job I had a decision to make: wait, or just start. I chose to just start and held a seminar the next day. People in motion tend to…
When moving forward means saying goodbye
The world needs the light and magic you have inside of you. Your journey itself—and the promise of what is to come—is more important than any posi…
When the journey ahead terrifies you
Being terrified doesn’t mean you’re weak, it means you’re human. And the most important steps we take in life are often going to be the most ter…
TEDx Talk: Reaching your personal escape velocity
We must make a fundamental change to how we view ourselves—not as the product of our past, but for the potential of our future. Watch Rusty Lindquis…
Limitations: They do not define you
The hardest handicaps to overcome are mental. It happens when we tell ourselves the wrong story. Change the story.
International Speech Competition: I’m hungry for bugs
The funny, but insightful story about how we tend to destroy what is most precious to us. A video from an international speech competition.
Finding fulfillment: 4 truths of personal progress
These four truths about mastery and personal progress will help you find fulfillment, purpose, and direction in life, and will help you get past your …
What you probably didn’t know about doing little things
Little things can give us a sense of accomplishment, which can be good in building momentum; but they can also help us justify putting off the big thi…
What is the greatest reason to change?
There are lots of noble reasons to seek change in life. According to Vince Lombardi, chiefest among them is love.
Sleep Deprivation: how you sabotage your own success
Sometimes we give too much credit to our failures, when what we really need is just a little more of this one key thing.
Find perspective in this surprisingly effective lens for life
FIND PERSPECTIVE IN THIS SURPRISINGLY EFFECTIVE LENS FOR LIFE articles Imagine you’ve been given a garden. It’s your garden, and you’re responsible for its care.…
Ted Williams: Don’t judge a book by its cover
The inspiring story of Ted Williams, and why you should never judge a person by your first impression of them.
The touching story behind Rudolf, the reindeer
In 1939, Montgomery Ward asked employee Bob May to write a Christmas story for them to give away at Christmastime. It ended up being one of the most w…
How to fuel (or kill) anything
The truth is, we often let the things that matter the most to us die, not because of anything we do, but because we don't do this one thing that is cr…
Stress: A means of propulsion in life
The key to dealing with stress is in your perspective. If you have a strong foundational perspective of yourself—of where you’re going and what yo…
Lock-In: Why so may fail to progress in life
A common decision-making error called "lock-in", which plagues so many people and prevents them from changing paths or moving forward in their lives.
Inputs: The real key to changing your life
For our change initiatives to be successful, we have to get down the the core, what really drives change, this is what really matters.
Guiding Principles: a moral compass makes life easier
Misery in life is the result of living without direction. For a life of happiness, fulfillment, purpose, and meaning, you need a strong moral compass.